Besides herself, the only other survivor in her family was her brother Aimable, who was studying out of the country in Senegal and did not know of the genocide. During the genocide, most of Ilibagiza's family (her mother, her father, and her two brothers Damascene and Vianney) was killed by Hutu Interahamwe soldiers. The bathroom was concealed in a room behind a wardrobe in the home of a Hutu pastor. She survived hidden for 91 days with seven other women in a small bathroom, no larger than 3 feet (0.91 m) by 4 feet (1.2 m) (an area of 12 square feet). In Left to Tell, Immaculée Ilibagiza shares of her experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She was featured on one of Wayne Dyer's PBS programs, and also on a December 3, 2006, segment of 60 Minutes (which re-aired on July 1, 2007). Her first book, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust (2006), is an autobiographical work detailing how she survived during the Rwandan genocide. Immaculée Ilibagiza (born 1972) is a Rwandan American author and motivational speaker. Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
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